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Facebook Will Stop Opposing A User Privacy Initiative in California

7:15pm April 12, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The tech company spent $200,000 to oppose the measure, but reversed course on Wednesday following CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony on the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33.

Politics & Government

Lawmakers Push Zuckerberg On Security, Diversity, Drug Sales On Facebook

5:26pm April 11, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The Facebook CEO was grilled by members of the House of Representatives on Russian disinformation campaigns, third-party access to user data, abuses of Facebook's platform and other topics.

Second Cambridge Analytica CEO Steps Down Amid Facebook Data Scandal

2:59pm April 11, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Alexander Tayler, acting CEO, is stepping down, according to a statement from the Cambridge Analytica board of directors. The firm is at the heart of a scandal involving the use of Facebook data.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Senate: Election Security Is An 'Arms Race'

7:37pm April 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The CEO of Facebook testified before Congress for the first time on Tuesday. He apologized for allowing Facebook tools to be used to do harm — and vowed to take more responsibility over user content.

From right: Kent Walker, vice president and general counsel with Google Inc.; Colin Stretch, general counsel with Facebook Inc.; and Sean Edgett, acting general counsel with Twitter Inc., swear in to a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, D

Lobbyists, Campaign Cash And Think Tanks: How Silicon Valley Tackled Politics

5:00am April 09, 2018

by Peter Overby

Facebook didn't open an office in Washington, DC until it was five years old and already worth billions. Last year, the company spent $12 million lobbying lawmakers and the federal government.

Facebook said Wednesday that the number of users whose personal information was revealed to Cambridge Analytica was 87 million, not 50 million.

Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Data Grab May Be Much Bigger Than First Reported

6:42pm April 04, 2018

by Amy Held

Facebook now says Cambridge Analytica could have improperly accessed up to 87 million Facebook users. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday the social media giant made "a huge mistake"

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook Inc., attends a conference in Idaho in July 2017. Zuckerberg has announced — and celebrated — a drop in the amount of time users are spending on Facebook.

We're Spending Less Time On Facebook, And Mark Zuckerberg Says That's Great

7:18pm February 01, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Zuckerberg says if people spend less time on the site — but the time they spend is higher-quality and involves more interaction — it's good for his bottom line. It's also good for society, he says.

Facebook says it will ask its users decide which news organizations they think are high quality and it will favor news from the most trusted sources.

Politics & Government

Facebook Moves To Decide What Is Real News

6:46pm January 19, 2018

by Aarti Shahani

It will combat fake news by pushing up news articles that come from "high quality" sources, and pushing down the others. It's asking users which news organizations they trust.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laughs as he meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a roundtable discussion at Cortex Innovation Community technology hub, in November, in St. Louis.

Facebook Rolls Out New Plan For News Feed: More Posts From Friends And Family

7:29am January 12, 2018

by Scott Neuman

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social media giant wants to emphasize more "meaningful" content on users' feeds to "bring us closer together with the people that matter to us."

Mark Zuckerberg told graduates to pursue "big meaningful projects."

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Harvard Graduates To Embrace Globalism, 'A Sense Of Purpose'

9:34am May 26, 2017

by James Doubek

The Facebook CEO said fighting authoritarianism and nationalism is "the struggle of our time." Some have speculated he may run for office, though Zuckerberg has denied it.